Nvidia Corporation, headquartered in Santa Clara, California, designs and manufactures graphics processing units (GPUs), systems on chips (SoCs), and software platforms for data centers, gaming, automotive, and artificial intelligence applications. Founded in 1993 by Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem, the company has expanded from its original focus on gaming GPUs to become the dominant supplier of AI accelerators, controlling over 80% of the market for GPUs used in training and deploying AI models as of 2025. Nvidia's product portfolio includes the GeForce series for consumer gaming and creative workloads, the H100 and A-series GPUs for data centers and cloud providers, the Tegra line of mobile processors for automotive and consumer devices, and software platforms including CUDA (a development toolkit for GPU programming), Drive (for autonomous vehicle systems), and NIM (AI model deployment tools). The company's customers span cloud infrastructure providers like Amazon Web Services, automotive manufacturers integrating its Drive platform, enterprises deploying AI workloads, and individual consumers purchasing GeForce graphics cards. As of the first quarter of 2025, Nvidia held a 92% share of the discrete desktop and laptop GPU market and provided chips for over 75% of the world's TOP500 supercomputers. The company also operates GeForce Now, a cloud gaming service, and has developed Shield gaming hardware products.